Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16272, Eli Goodale, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodale, Eli Mary Ann
N. 16272
CONTENTS

Self, Mar 15 th 37 —
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 Sept 1836 to the 15 May 1837. the day of his death. Agent notified 2 d July 1838
24.460
note
New York
Eli Goodale
Putnam Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hartshorn of the Reg t commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass s line for 24 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Dec r 1833 and sent to Hon. A Ward. H Rep d
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb 1834. $40.00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 102

Deas Order to pay 7 th Nov 1839.
New York 4060
Mary Ann Goodale widow of Eli Goodale
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 15. May 1837 of West Chester Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hartshorn of the regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. mil. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 16. May 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sep. 1839. and sent to J. J. Coffin Somers, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 150.88 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 40.00
$190.88
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2.
Clerk. Page 79

Eli Goodall N.Y.
Reserve as Life not established this allowed
Meatid - ask for be of at 1000 for his papers
Adm d 24 mofuri 80
Mr Ward
Mr Ward Two say

State of New York County of Putnam } ss. On this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1833. Personally appeared before me Leah of Common pleas of the said County of Putnam, Elias Goodale a resident of the town of Kent in the county of Put- nam and State of New York aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, each on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service under the following named officers & served as here after stated. That in the month of November in the year 1781, at Canaan in Massachusetts, the declarant enlisted into the service of the United States, for the purpose of going to West Point in the Spring to fill up the ranks of the Army, he enlisted as a private but not in any particular company, the day after he enlisted, the father of this declarant went and carried the declarant to the rendezvous at Springfield where the declarant was inspected by Charles Sheldon the muster master & his name then entered upon the roll kept by said Sheldon. This declarant remained at Spring- field about twelve days when the father of this declarant came to the rendezvous at Springfield & got a furlough for declarant for some weeks, to expire at the same time with the furlough which Nathan Goodale, William R Blood & William Whitmore had obtained from the Army at West Point. They having returned to visit their friends in Canaan under furlough which expired early in the Spring, they were known to declarant & his father & it was the wish of the declarants father that he should go with his acquaintances & friends to join the Army at West Point. This declarant in company with the said Nathan Goodale Blood & Whitmore went to West Point, they crossed the river on the ice at Leshkill, about the last of February or first of March 1782 and the same day declarant joined the company of Capt. Hartshorne at West Point which was in the eighth Reg t of the Massachusetts line. The regiment to which Hartshornes company was attached was commanded as declarant understood by William Massfield, who was either a major or Colonel

The declarant enlisted as aforesaid at Conway in Massachusetts for the period of three years unless sooner discharged - after he had joined Capt. Hootmans company as aforesaid he continued to perform the duties of a fifer in that company for about three months, when he found that blowing upon the fife was detrimental to his health, when the declarant made application to Capt. Nathan Goodale an officer of the declarant who commanded a company of Infantry in the same eighth regiment of the Massachusetts line to aid him in changing his situation from that of fifer to that of soldier, on such application Capt. Hootmans consented that the declarant should give up the fife & take a musket, which declarant did. & served about two months as a private in Capt. Hootmans company, when there took place a discharge of those who were enlisted for during the war were discharged, which reduced the number so much that the residue of the troops were consolidated, & in such consolidation this declarant fell into the second regiment of the Massachusetts line, still in the company of Capt. Hootmans, after such consolidation Capt. Hootmans company was in the regiment commanded by Col. Jackson, after the consolidation as aforesaid, forty six soldiers were detached to go to Stony Point to attend to the securing of the public property, the said forty six men when on this service were under the command of Lieut. Jackson a son of Col. Jackson aforesaid. This declarant remained six months on this duty at Stony Point, when he returned to West Point & regained his company under Capt. Hootmans, & continued to do duty in said company at West Point until the troops at that place were discharged, this declarant was also discharged at that place in the month of December 1783. From the time this declarant was mustered and hoped muster at Springfield until he was discharged as aforesaid at West Point was a period of more than two years, during all of that time was in actual service unless it was the short time he was absent from Springfield on furlough.

This declarant further says that he was discharged at West Point by a regular discharge signed by Major Gen. Knox, on the back of the discharge was a note of its being registered which was signed by Charles Sheldon Muster Master Gen. the same man by whom I was in- ducted & admitted into the service in Springfield
The said discharge has been by time or accident lost & is not now in the power of this declarant to produce the same
This declarant hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
This declarant was born in Brookfield (west parish) in the State of Massachusetts on the 6th of September in the year 1765. This declarant has no record of his age, and the above date of his birth is taken from the list of births entered in the family Bible of the father of this declarant which is now in the possession of the mother of this declarant in the town of Salina in the state of New York. This declarant lived in Conway in Mass. when he entered the military service of the country, as above stated
That after the revolutionary war, he lived for several years in the County of Westchester, then he entered the service in Adams army in or about the year 1798 & continued in the service about fourteen months, afterwards enlisted in the heavy artillery & went to Senneque where he remained at South West Point until he was discharged in 1805 - when he returned to New York & remained in said state in the city of New York about two years when he again went to New Haven & from that place went to Westchester County in the state of New York & has remained in Westchester & Putnam Counties, almost the whole time since, except about a year he was in the service in the last war, & for the last seventeen years he has resided in the county of Putnam
He entered the service in the revolutionary war by a voluntary enlistment served as a piper then as a private soldier or corporal. That during the time the declarant was in the army of the revolution he knew the following officers, Capt. Hartshorne one of the Lieutenants was named Jackson the other not recalled

Major or Col. Mansfield. Col. Jackson. Gen. Stuart. Gen. Throckmorton, once saw Gen. Washington whilst encamped near Old Point Comfort. Capt. Sternberg, so called was an engineer on the Point. Col. Loring. Col. Van Schalk. were among the officers. He doesn't know when he was at West Point.
Decease and receive a written discharge from the service but it is now lost & cannot be procured
Decease is known to all  Stephen Crane of the cause of death and I to Elias Knapp who he believes can testify to his character for veracity & thus being that he was a soldier of the revolution
Deponent has no documentary evidence of his service & no other evidence in his power except the affidavit hereto annexed
Sworn and subscribed in open court February 7 th 1833      M c Cluskey Clerk of said county

Onondaga County ss. Personally before me came Nathan Goodale, to me personally known and being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Eli Goodale the signer of the above affidavit and that he was acquainted with him in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two and that in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two in the month of December the said Eli Goodale did join the eighth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Mansfield and that he did duty as a piper in that Regiment at Washington about three months, and that he then went as a private soldier to Stony Point and served there as such six months, on a detachment commanded by a Lieutenant, and that in the month of December of the same year, he the said Eli Goodale returned to West Point and there continued to duty in Colonel Mansfield's Regiment until about the last of June last past, and that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three and about that time, those who enlisted during the war being discharged, he was annexed to the second Regiment Regiment of the Massachusetts line and continued to do duty in said second Regiment until some time in the month of December following and that he was then regularly discharged from the Army and that his discharge was signed by Major General Knox and further his deponent saith not.
Nathan Goodale
Sworn and subscribed to fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and ninety
before me Elijah Miles A Judge Onondaga Common Pleas
I Certify that Nathan Goodale is a credible witness and disinterested Elijah Miles co Judge

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office Nov r 10. 1819.
I certify That on the day of the date of the within Deposition, taken by Elijah Miles, he the said Elijah Miles was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature to be in his own proper hand writing. Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid.
Truman Adams Clerk

Mayor - or Col. Mayfield - Col. Jackson - Gen. Stewart - Gen
9th New York
Attorney County for -
Eunice Morgan on this 9th day of November came before me & being duly sworn says that she is well acquainted with Eli Goodale & knows the facts set forth in his affidavit to her knowledge further says not - Noble Morgan
Sworn and subscribed before me this 9th November.
1819 M c Donough County -
I certify that Eunice Morgan is a credible witness & acquainted
Not Public County Co. S

We Stephen Graft residing in the town of Coxsackie in the County of Patience & State of New York and Elias Knapp residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eli Goodale who has subscribed hereto to the above declaration that he has for several years past resided in the town of Coxsackie & it is not a few weeks since he left said town & went into the town of Kent. That we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is respected & be- lieved in the neighborhood where he resided in Coxsackie to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that all concur in that opinion
Stephen Graft Elias Knapp
Sworn and subscribed in open court February 7 th 1833. M c Intosh Clerk of said County
And the said court do hereby certify & declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states — And the court further cer- tifies, that it appears to them that it appears that Ste- phen Graft, & Elias Knapp who have signed the above certificate are residents in the town of Coxsackie that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
one of the Harry Garrison Judges Bennett Boyd Judge Samuel Washburn Judge
by William Shaffield who was either a major or Colonel unresont understood

Affidavit of Mary Goodale as to family Record of Eli Goodale and to be added to the papers of Mary Ann Goodale widow of said Eli Goodale and on her application for a pension
May 1839

Eli Goodale Born Sept the 6 1767
Maryann Mc Born the March 11 1776 1777 and was married Jan 18 1792
Julia Goodale Born Oct the 23 1792
Daniel Goodale Born the October 14 1796
Bloomy Goodale Born the October 16 1794
Henry Goodale of the town of Dover in the county of York being only say that he is the son of Eli Goodale and Mary Ann Mc... Eli Goodale died in the year 1837. I do not know that the... contain the whole... births, marriages and... the said Eli Goodale... is a descendant; that the... was never inscribed... family Record; that the... of the said Eli... to be inscribed in... but from what cause... such omission arose this deponent is unable to state. And this deponent further saith that the maiden name of his mother was Mary Ann Mc... and that the last part of her name is omitted in the said family Record as will appear by reference thereto. And this deponent further saith that he frequently in the life time of his father saw the Books from which the annexed papers were cut and that the same was kept in the family by his father and mother and regarded as the family Record and the only family Record of his said father that no other or further Record was kept in his father's family than is contained in the annexed papers.

Supplement
To the FIRST PART
OF THE
Gentleman Instructed;
With a Word to the
LADIES.
Written for the INSTRUCTION of the YOUNG NOBILITY of both SEXES.
L O N D O N,
Printed in the Year, 1720.
1720
Handwritten notes and scribbles

Warren Died Sep 9 th 1801
Aged 2 years 10 days
Marianna Goodale
Died June 6 th 1814
Aged 4 months 10 days
Bloomy Goodale Died
Oct 11 th 1814
Aged 16 years 11 months 19 days
William Goodale died
Sep 19 th 1831
Aged 25 years 3 months 23 days
Harley Goodale Died Novem.
the 13 th 1832 + Aged 30 years
5 months 6 days
Eli Goodale Died May the 15 th 1837
Aged 70 years 8 months 8 days
Eli Goodale of the town of Dover in the county of ... being early on that he is the son of Eli Goodale and Mary Ann ... Eli Goodale died in the year 1837.
He saith that the ... contain the whole ... of the ... and the said Eli Goodale ... that the ... was never inscribed ... Record; that the ... of the said Eli ... to be inscribed on
... but from what cause such omission arose this deponent is unable to state. And this deponent further saith that the maiden name of his Mother is Mary Ann McCall and that the last part of her name is omitted in the said family Record as will appear by reference thereto. And this deponent further saith that he fre- quently in the life time of his father saw the Books from which the annexed papers were cut and that the same was kept in the family by his father and Mother and regarded as the family Record and the only family Re- cord of his said father that no other or fur- ther Record was kept in his father's family than is contained in the annexed papers.

ry, preach not down- treat with Respect those things Mankind reveres, for men feldom honour what they ridicule; much less will they prostrate themselves to what they Burlesque. Shake off therefore this buffooning Humour, and when the Tongue is brought under Discipline, the Heart will throw off all the Lets of Prejudice and Passion; and then the Un- derstanding disengag'd from Violence, will easily sub- mit to the Force of those Reasons I have laid before you.
But if you run on in a lewd Vein of Drollery and Im- piety, the most persuasive Arguments in the World will never work upon you; you'll certainly sport your selves into Damnation, and sink down laughing into Hell. But then those Flames that consume Mirth, will awake De- spair. You'll begin to be both serious and wise, when 'twill be too late to be so. Oh, how foolish, how im- prudent is it to deny a Deity in this World, and to be- lieve one in the other! To live Atheists in London , and Theists in Hell!
The End of the Second PART.
Printed in
INSTRUC NOBIL
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State of New York
County of West Chester
I, Perry Goodale of the Town of Dover in the County of West Chester aforesaid being under sworn doth depose and say that he is the son of Eli Goodale deceased and Mary Ann his wife, that he is twenty, three years of age that his father the said Eli Goodale died on the 15 th day of May in the year 1837. And this deponent further saith that the papers herewith annexed contain the whole of the family Record, that was kept by his father of births, marriages and deaths of the family of the said Eli Goodale deceased the father of this deponent; that the name of this deponent was never inscribed on his said father's family Record; that the names of several of the children of the said Eli Goodale were also omitted to be inscribed on the said family Record, but from what cause such omission arose this deponent is unable to state. And this deponent further saith that the maiden name of his mother was Mary Ann McCall and that the last part of her name is omitted on the said family Record as will appear by reference thereto. And this deponent further saith that he fre- quently in the life time of his father saw the Books from which the annexed papers were cut and that the same was kept in the family by his father and mother and recognized as the family Record and the only family Re- cord of his said father that no other or fur- ther Record was kept in his father's family than is contained in the annexed papers.

before And this deponent further saith that the said annexed papers are this day cut from the said Book with his consent
In witness to this 23 rd day of May 1839 before me
Fredk I. Saffin Supreme Court Commissioner
Perry Goodale
State of New York County of West Chester
ss I Frederick I Saffin do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Perry Goodale in the within Affidavit named that he is the same person therein named that he is of respectable character and that his statement is entitled to full credit of belief
Fredk I Saffin Supreme Court Commissioner
I John H Smith Clerk of the County Courts in and for the County of West Chester do hereby certify that Frederick I Saffin before whom the above Affidavit of Perry Goodale was taken and subscribed was at the time of taking the said Affidavit a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County and duly author- ized by law to take Affidavits; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Frederick I Saffin and do believe that the signature of the said Frederick I Saffin to the above Affidavit and Certificate subscribed is his genuine sig. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of May 1839
John H. Smith Clerk West C: Penfield

4060
N 2290
Mary Ann Goodale Widow of Eli Goodale
Papers for Pension
Marr'd 18 Jan 1792
family record copy
Husband died 15 May 1837
In proof in file
Admitted Pmats 2 years
F. J. Coffin Esq. Somers N.Y.

State of New York County of Westchester ss On this 25 th day of September in the year 1838 personally appeared in open Court (the same being a Court of Record) before the Court a Common Pleas of the County of Westchester a Jemima Mary Ann Goodale a resident of the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester aforesaid aged Sixty four years on the seventh day of March last widow of Eli Goodale deceased who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the widow of the said above named Eli Goodale who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that the said Eli Goodale performed duty as a private as aforesaid as this Declarant is informed and verily believes under divers Officers and in divers Regiments for a long period of time during the War of the Revolution, but under what Officers and for what time he served this Declarant is not informed; that in consequence of such service as this Declarant is informed and verily believes an application was made in behalf of the said husband under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 and her said husband was placed on the Pension Roll and did receive a pension or annuity of Eighty Dollars per year during his life that the said Eli Goodale at the time he was described and placed on the pension Roll of the United States was a resident of the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York. She further declares that she was married to the said Eli Goodale on the

eighteenth day of January in the year 1792 that her said husband the aforesaid Eli Good- ale died on the fifteenth day of May in the year 1837 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the said Eli but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one hundred and thirty four years at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed on the 25 th day of Jan above written before
John H. Smith Clerk W. County Court Pleas
Mariam Goodale
10000

State of New York } County of Putnam }
I personally appeared before me William H Stout a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Putnam Henry Knapp and Hannah his wife both of Carmel in the county of Putnam and to me known and also known to me to be persons of truth and veracity who on being by me duly sworn on the Holy evangelist did depose and say that they knew Eli Goodale & Mary Ann his wife that they were intimately acquainted with them before Eli Goodale was married to Mary Ann McCall which Marriage took place in the Township of Greenwich Fairfield County & State of Connecticut at the house of Thomas Pisono Greenfield the said Mary Ann McCall in the month of January Seventeen hundred and ninety two. that they were both present at the Marriage of the said Eli Goodale to the said Mary Ann McCall that the Reverend Isaac Lewis of Greenwich above mentioned was the person who married them. That they have known the said Eli Goodale to the time of his death and Mary Ann his widow is now in Carmel Town of Carmel and is now the widow of the said Eli Goodale not having been married the second time - and further this deponents say not. Sworn and subscribed at Henry Knapp to this ninth day of August 1838 before me W H Stout Justice of the Peace - Hannah X Knapp mark

State of New York } Putnam County } ss
I William H Stout clerk of the County of Putnam do hereby certify that W H Stout before whom the within Affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Putnam duly commissioned and authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe the signature of the said Justice written at bottom of said Affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this Ninth day of August 1838
W H Stout Clerk

State of New York County of Westchester I Jackson Goodale being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that there is the son of Eli Goodale deceased of the State of New York who was a Revolution- ary Pensioner of the United States that a Record of Marriages and Births was kept by the said Eli Goodale of his family that the Record was produced in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester is a true family Record of the family of the said Eli Goodale deceased and that it appears from the said Record that the said Eli Goodale was married to Mary Ann McCaule the Deponent in the annexed papers named on the 18 th day of January in the year 1792 that the said family Record was kept in the family of the said Eli Goodale deceased and was always regarded as containing a true state- ment of the marriage of the said Eli Goodale and the births and deaths occurring in the family — And this deponent further saith that his said Mother the said Mary Ann Goodale has never married since the death of her said husband the said Eli Goodale
Sworn to this 25 th day of September 1858 before me William Lockwood Justice of the peace
Jackson Goodale
I William Lockwood a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Westchester do certify that I am personally acquainted with Jackson Goodale the above named deponent and do William Lockwood Justice of the peace

believe that he is a person of veracity and credibility -
Dated 25 th Sept 1858
William Lockwood
West Chester County N.Y.
Notice of the Death
I John H. Smith Clerk of the County Court of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that William Lockwood before whom the within Affidavit of Jackson Goodale was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of West Chester duly commissioned and authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William Lockwood and verily believe the signature of the said William Lockwood to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office this 25 th day of September 1858
John H. Smith Clerk West Co. Com. pleas
Mary Ann Goodale widow of Goodale
for Pensions

28920. Eli Goodall
Answer to Geo. Briscoe
Albany L.C.
P. Jan 23. 23.
Hon d A. Ward Home Reps. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Dec 20 '33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Eli Goodale
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781 about Nov 3 Officer 8 th Massachusetts Reg of the Line Conway Massachussetts   1782 2 Private Capt Hartshorn   Dec 1783 discharged 11 " Col Jackson 67 years old   From time of being mustered at Springfield until discharged 2 years +  
+ Not on the rolls of Col Jackson I am, respectfully, + Not on final settlement certificate Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his services. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 29, 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Eli Goodale, deceased late a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars and " " " Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836 to the 15 th May 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Widow K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Mechanics Bank
New York 2 nd November 1839
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Mrs Mary Ann Goodale deceased, late a pensioner under the act of 7 th July 1838, who died before the Pension Certificate was issued.
Very Respectfully
Your Obl Servt
J Knapp Post
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Set. V Set. G. R. Coffin, m - 20-39-
7 July 1928

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16272
Mary Ann Goodale Widow of Eli Goodale Pr. Rev War
Act July 1 st 38
Index: Vol. A , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Putnam County ss. I Jonathan Morehouse, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county. Also Clerk of said county do hereby certify, that the annexed pa- per contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Eli Goodale for a per- son, and on which their decision was founded
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1833
Morehouse - -

America Union Sq March 8 th
1888
War Department
Washington City
Mr. Brune
391 March 14, 1887 Pioneer Office
Col. Woodall

Eli Goodale
3 G 391 March 14, 1837. Pension office
Mr. Brundage
Washington City
Mr. Wheatman
14/1837
March 8 th M rs Ann Lewis

To the Honorable Secretary of War
The Petition of Eli Goodale of the town of Shearn in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut sheeth -
That on the 27 th day of December 1833 a pension was granted and allowed from the War Office in favor of the Petitioner in the sum of eighty Dollars per annum - That at that time and until a recent period the Petitioner resided in the State of Maryland - That he has now removed into the State of Connecticut and intends to reside there hereafter - He therefore prays that an order may issue for the payment of his said Pension at the office in this State and for that purpose he herewith transmits his said Pension warrant to the intent that a new warrant may issue in his favor for the purpose aforesaid - Dated at Shearn, Connecticut this 7 th day of March 1837 - Eli X Goodale mark
In presence of
George Cuper

June 1. N.Y. Joseph May Ann Goode Mary Morgan
Sir
FREE
Hon ble J L Edwards Esq Court of Pension Washington City

Honble J L Edwards Esq
Be pleased to direct to me at Lowes, Westchester County N.Y. as to the result of the application in the within cases the enclosed are forwarded to be added to the papers already on file
Your Obs t Serv t
Frederick I. Tiffin
28 May 1859.